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NYC to Fund Coronavirus Surveillance Sequencing as Congress Proposes $2B for Nationwide Program

Companion bills to be introduced in the House and Senate on Thursday would task the CDC with identifying and tracking emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants.

Spanish Government Allocates €25M for Precision and Genomic Medicine, Data Science
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The project will result in the creation of a national cohort for research, as well as an integrated clinical and genomic data infrastructure at the national level.

Lexogen Nabs Austrian Funding for RNA-Seq Coronavirus Test

Lexogen did not disclose the funding amount, but said it was one of €16 million ($17.4 million) in awards from the Austria Research Promotion Agency.

UK Government Invests $28M in FIND to Support SARS-CoV-2 Test Development

FIND will use the funding to support the development of rapid tests, especially in low- and middle-income countries.

UK Biobank to Make Whole-Genome Sequencing Data on 500K-Sample Repository Publicly Available
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The project dovetails with a separate effort to sequence the whole exomes of the samples, the first 50,000 of which became available to researchers this month.

Dec 21, 2018

Estonia to Invest €2.3M to Genotype 50K More People in 2019

Nov 29, 2018

Danish Personalized Medicine Initiative Supported by New National Genome Center
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Dec 21, 2017

Estonia Invests €5M to Genotype 100K People in 2018 as Part of Personalized Medicine Project

Oct 19, 2017

At ASHG, Bill Gates and Francis Collins Discuss Global Health and Genetics in the Computational Age

Jul 31, 2017

Multiple Myeloma Foundation Commits $5M to Precision Medicine

Oct 14, 2016

As Research Budgets Contract, NIH Seeks Metrics to Assess the Value of Biomedical Data Repositories
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Jul 30, 2012

Funding Optimism Grows Among Genomics Researchers, Mizuho Survey Finds

Jul 11, 2012

Despite Better Q2 Trends, Tight-fisted Spending Expected for Remainder of 2012, Goldman Sachs Survey Says

Apr 24, 2012

Survey Finds Mixed Funding Outlook Among Genomics Researchers

Jan 18, 2012

Funding Worries Ease Somewhat Among Genomics Researchers, Survey Finds

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Positive Framing of Genetic Studies Can Spark Mistrust Among Underrepresented Groups

Researchers in Human Genetics and Genomics Advances report that how researchers describe genomic studies may alienate potential participants.

Small Study of Gene Editing to Treat Sickle Cell Disease

In a Novartis-sponsored study in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers found that a CRISPR-Cas9-based treatment targeting promoters of genes encoding fetal hemoglobin could reduce disease symptoms.

Gut Microbiome Changes Appear in Infants Before They Develop Eczema, Study Finds

Researchers report in mSystems that infants experienced an enrichment in Clostridium sensu stricto 1 and Finegoldia and a depletion of Bacteroides before developing eczema.

Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treatment Specificity Enhanced With Stem Cell Editing

A study in Nature suggests epitope editing in donor stem cells prior to bone marrow transplants can stave off toxicity when targeting acute myeloid leukemia with immunotherapy.